The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1887-06-02

feet 8; small, sandy moustache; his beard
had grown on his face perhaps seven or
or eight days; was short and stubby, sandy
in color. His hat was pulled
down over his eyes; he weighed
perhaps 165 pounds; wore no mask; was
pretty active; by the language he used
should say he was a sCutherner, unedu-
Gated; looked like cowboy; have not
s. en- him since; would know him if he was
dressed as he was that night; 1 could
recognize the packages by the amounts
and numbers.
Vim. Cook (colored)-T was on the train
that was robbed; l was porter; l went
ahead, as usual, TO flag the train over the
crossing; met the operator and man
coming toward me, and behind them a
man with pistol; he ordered me to go
back; l said l wouldn't, and he cursed me
and threatened to kill me; he struck me,
still ordering me to go back; l clinched
with him, but got away from him and got
back; we were detained half an hour; it
was my place to give the signal to start,
but | was prevented from doing so;
could not distinguish any of them; do not
identify the prisoner; the man 1 had the
tussle with had longer beard than
this man. 1 can't say that 1 would be
able to identify any of them. They
might have been masked. | was abreast
of the baggage car when was stopped;
the mail car was in front of this car.
S. B. McLane; live in Florence, about
eighteen miles above Georgetown, in
Williamson county; l know the defendant;
he lives about mile and quarter from
my place; it is about thirty miles from
McNeill; | have been postmaster at
Florence about fifteen or eighteen years;
the defendant gets his mail at my office;
his father told me he was going to the
Cherokee nation; gave me his name and
address to forward his mail; he was
taking the Georgetown Sun AID Austin
STATESMAN, and instructed me to deliver
them to Mr.. Joe Barbour; l forwarded
his letter mail to him, and delivered the
papers to Joe as instructed; the old mans
initials were 1. j. believe; don't re-
member the last time 1 delivered papers
to him; once or twice have delivered to
Joe Barbour's wife or to some one of his
family; 1 never had any con-
versation with Barbour relative
to the robbery; have not
seen him since until to day; he was in the
habit of coming to the office frequently;
the Georgetown Sun is published, l be-
lieve on Thursday; it is weekly paper;
the mail from Georgetown to Florence is
daily, except Sunday; these papers de-
livereG to him had his fathers address on
them; there are believe three sons of old
man Barbour who are grown; Joe is now
the only one in our neighborhood 1 think;
the defendant got no papers in his own
name; the old man was the only one who
took papers.
Cross-examined: l do not remember
seeing Joe Barbour at the postoffice on
the 18th of May; l would not have charged
my mind with seeing him, unless there
was something special in it; l heard of
the robbery the evening after it occurred;
usually saw Barbour every week; do
not remember the last day he got his
mail; if any of old man Barbour's sons, ex
cept Joe, are in our section / don't know
it; don't know exactly when Barbour was
arrested; know X. Jackson, merchant
of our town; he is good citizen; his
store is about $50 yards from the
postoffice; old man Barbour has been
gone over a month; since he left, none of
the Barbours have been to the Office after
mail, except Joe and his family.
John L. Olive: / am sheriff of William
son county; l know defendants; l have
known him about three years; l arrested
him last Saturday for robbing the train at
Mcneil; after the robbery 1 went to the
scene; it was May IS; on the 10Th,
WA ct ont 70 fnr trn ctr,
one; first found some foot tracks, then
some horse tracks; trailed them to where
the horses had been tied, about 800
yards from the depot; l found where
a small fire had been built; it seemed
that they had lunched there was
greasy stick, also part of a copy of
the Williamson County Sun, of May 5,
with the name of |. j. Barbour on it;
the tracks were all fresh, and the indica-
tions were that the camp was of the
night before; we came to another camp
about mile off, where they left moral
and some money packages; the trail was
north-westerly; would take US west of
the country is rough; we
picked up the packages and three or four
dollars in silver; we followed the
trail about mile further when it seemed
to split up. The prisoner is a son of I. j.
Barbour. When arrested the prisoner
told him what L arrested him for-the
He asked me for my papers.
told him to be in hurry; that it was
getting late and L hadn't time to fool
away. When l arrested him he was trying
TO catch a horse in the field. He had
mare sadded just outside the fence.
mad no further conversation with him
until l cautioned him that his statements |
could be used against him. He said then |
that he was not in the robbery, had moth
ing to do with it, and the 500 taken
rom him was his brothers, had been IN his
possession for four months, for his
brother who was fugitive. He said also,
hat the horse was his brothers. The
money was four $40 and four So bills.
de said he took the Austin STATESMAN and
he Georgetown Sun; and he had all of
hem at home, except one or two that the
children had torn up. (The piece of
paper found in the camp was produced)
This paper had the grease on it when l
ound it. The distance from
he robbery to the defend
mt house, the way the tracks
we're leading would be about twenty-five
niles. The trail was in the direction of
Iefendant's house. The horse in the field
Ooked as if he had been ridded hard The
ills are in possession of Captain Lucy.
Did man Barbour left Taylor on the 18th
# February. There is only one l. j. Bar
our that know in the county.
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